Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language;Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1811 - English poetry |
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... condemned as " most un- " couth and unharmonious , " at the same time that he has recognized in them " strong thoughts , " some good sense , and a strain of majestic piety . " AN THOMAS CAREW , " Younger brother , " says [ 155 ]
... condemned as " most un- " couth and unharmonious , " at the same time that he has recognized in them " strong thoughts , " some good sense , and a strain of majestic piety . " AN THOMAS CAREW , " Younger brother , " says [ 155 ]
Page 156
... CAREW , " Younger brother , " says Wood , " to Sir Matthew Carew , 66 a great Royalist in the time of the Rebellion , " of a Gloucestershire family , but descended from an ancient one in Devonshire of the same name , was educated at ...
... CAREW , " Younger brother , " says Wood , " to Sir Matthew Carew , 66 a great Royalist in the time of the Rebellion , " of a Gloucestershire family , but descended from an ancient one in Devonshire of the same name , was educated at ...
Page 157
... , If he shake our halls or bowers , If his rude breath threaten us , Thou canst stroke great Æolus , And from him the grace obtain To bind him in an iron chain , Persuasions to love . THINK not , ' cause men THOMAS CAREW : 157.
... , If he shake our halls or bowers , If his rude breath threaten us , Thou canst stroke great Æolus , And from him the grace obtain To bind him in an iron chain , Persuasions to love . THINK not , ' cause men THOMAS CAREW : 157.
Page 158
... the pleasure , women none ; Then had you reason to be scant ; But , ' twere a madness not to grant That which affords ( if you consent ) To you , the giver , more content , Than me , the beggar . Oh then be Kind 158 THOMAS CAREW .
... the pleasure , women none ; Then had you reason to be scant ; But , ' twere a madness not to grant That which affords ( if you consent ) To you , the giver , more content , Than me , the beggar . Oh then be Kind 158 THOMAS CAREW .
Page 159
... Like swallows , when your summer's done , They'll fly , and seek some warmer sun . Then wisely choose one to your friend , Whose love may ( when your beauties end ) Remain still firm : be provident , And think before THOMAS CAREW . 159.
... Like swallows , when your summer's done , They'll fly , and seek some warmer sun . Then wisely choose one to your friend , Whose love may ( when your beauties end ) Remain still firm : be provident , And think before THOMAS CAREW . 159.
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